British biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey spoke at Stanford University this week about the prospects for curing aging. His reasoned presentation proved a stark contrast to authors like James Hughes, Executive Director of the World Transhumanist Association, who seek to prolong the life of worn-out political ideas. In Citizen Cyborg, Hughes argues that the anti-luddite community needs to embrace a “big tent” leftist agenda in order to convince the majority of people that using technology to go beyond human capacities is acceptable.
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Future Humans
Posted by: Sonia Arrison June 10, 2005 05:00 AMBritish biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey spoke at Stanford University this week about the prospects for curing aging. His reasoned presentation proved a stark contrast to authors like James Hughes, Executive Director of the World Transhumanist Association, who seek to prolong the life of worn-out political ideas. In Citizen Cyborg, Hughes argues that the anti-luddite community needs to embrace a “big tent” leftist agenda in order to convince the majority of people that using technology to go beyond human capacities is acceptable.